After getting lost in his own world it’s great to have Matt Gemmell back with his unique and invaluable look on the world of software development. John receives his first fan mail, Scotty updates us with NSConference, Atlanta and the two of them share the trials and tribulations of being Mac Developers.
It’s now accepted wisdom that no application is an island, and data just wants to be free. So, an important consideration in creating your product is how your users will use it to share. Being able to easily get information out of your application and shared with other people is an important element in your user’s satisfaction. It’s also critically important to your software business. Why? Because word of mouth will be your most important form of marketing and nothing is a better conversation starter than, “How’d you do that?”.
Cocoa developers were treated to a nice Interface Builder makeover in version 3. One effect we’ve all been admiring is dragging an item from the Library palette onto a window. It’s actually not too hard and just takes a little showmanship. In this post Joshua Nozzi shows you how it’s done and provides sample code.
OS X’s API is full of unsung heroes. While everybody knows about Cocoa and Carbon, and is wowed by the new shinies such as Grand Central Dispatch or Core Animation, other components have been silently and solidly plugging away, forming a basic foundation on which the rest of the system can rest. This article is about one such component.
After getting lost in his own world it’s great to have Matt Gemmell back with his unique and invaluable look on the world of software development. John receives his first fan mail, Scotty updates us with NSConference, Atlanta and the two of them share the trials and tribulations of being Mac Developers.
It’s been a little longer than usual but the boys back with The MDN Show episode 12. Scotty and John Fox consider access control and fail safe programming with Graham Lee. Learn how Kevin Hoctor is nice and Tender as he supports his users and listen with respect as Martin Pilkington looks at whats new with accessibility in Snow Leopard.
Need a helping hand with delivering your app? What about managing your development, or how to make your user love your app? Then look no further, for in this episode we hear from Tyler Hall on Shine, Open Source PHP coding for delivering your app; Kevin Hoctor on Lighthouse and Matt Gemmell on working your data.
Welcome to the MDN Show episode 7. John is back as he and Scotty discuss vacations, lard, Snow Leopard, Cappuccino and View Controllers as well as occasionally letting a guest get a word in edge ways as Scotty interviews Jonathan Dann about the Objective-C run time and Matt Gemmell reports in with a glimpse into his world
I am excited (honestly) to announce a new Job Board facility here at MDN.
The MDN Job board gives people seeking full time/ part time/ freelance or intern staff the opportunity to reach thousands of Mac software developers and designers.
A job listing will last for 30 days and will normally cost just $25, however for the next few days you can list any position you may have for FREE (Offer closes on the 14th September 2009).